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Flute

(English, active 1802–1831)
1800–25
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueFruitwood, ivory, silver, pewter
DimensionsLength 59.4 cm (23 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. Metcalf, Jr. and his sister Olive R. Metcalf
Accession number1979.550
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint: CLEMENTI & CO / LONDON
Provenance1979, gift of Robert F. Metcalf, Watertown, Massachusetts, and Olive R. Metcalf, Georgetown, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 14, 1979)
1809–19
19th century
mid-19th century
about 1770–90 (?)
19th century
about 1820
18th century
18th century
about 1440